Summary

We’ll look at a few of them:

  • Schumacher and Buddhist Economics
    • views on work
    • views on production
    • views on consumption
  • Polanyi and the Great Transformation
    • ‘traditional’ and ‘market’ economies–the relationship between culture and the economy
    • land, labor and capital as ‘fictitious commodities’
  • Indigenous cultures and adaptive traits
    • reciprocity
    • redistribution
    • collective survival
    • risk
  • Mohanty and globalization
    • language, movements–the ‘one-thirds’ and ‘two thirds’
    • globalized capitalism–rising tides may float boats, but what about storm surges?
    • Women?
    • Principles?